I.
noun
1 symbol/word
ADJECTIVE
▪ three-digit , 16-digit
▪ cardinal , ordinal
▪ even , odd
▪
Houses on this side of the road have even ~s.
▪ binary , decimal
▪ complex , imaginary , irrational , prime , rational , real , whole ( mathematics )
▪ negative , positive
▪ random
▪ lucky , unlucky
▪
Many people think 13 is an unlucky ~.
▪ winning
▪
the winning ~s in tonight's lottery
▪ correct , right
VERB + NUMBER
▪ calculate
▪ add , add together , divide , multiply , subtract , take away
▪
Add all the ~s together, divide by ten, and then take away twelve.
▪ double , triple
▪ crunch
▪ enter , write , write down
▪ pick , think of
PHRASES
▪ in round ~s ( esp. BrE )
▪
There were about 150 there, in round ~s.
▪ ~ crunching (= doing calculations)
▪
There's more to an accountant's job than just ~ crunching.
2 quantity/amount
ADJECTIVE
▪ big , high
▪
high ~s of unemployed teachers
▪ low
▪ considerable , good , great , high , large , substantial , unlimited
▪ enormous , huge , impressive , incredible , inordinate , overwhelming , staggering , unprecedented , vast
▪ alarming
▪ sheer
▪ record
▪
a record ~ of responses
▪ disproportionate , surprising
▪ fair , reasonable , significant
▪
We've had a fair ~ of complaints about the new phone system.
▪ finite , infinite
▪
There are an infinite ~ of solutions to the problem.
▪ equal
▪
The candidates received an equal ~ of votes.
▪ maximum , minimum
▪ average , mean , median
▪ adequate , sufficient
▪ insufficient
▪ limited , low , modest , small , tiny
▪ growing , increasing , rising
▪ increased
▪ reduced
▪ declining
▪ actual , exact , precise
▪
Many people have died in the epidemic—the precise ~ is not known.
▪ certain
▪ indefinite , unspecified
▪ unknown
▪ approximate
▪ fixed , set
▪ final , overall , total
▪ expected
▪ real , true
▪ poll ( AmE )
VERB + NUMBER
▪ grow in , increase in
▪
Factories had increased in ~ between the wars.
▪ decrease in , reduce in
▪ increase
▪
The Pentagon increased the ~ of troops in Iraq to about 145 000.
▪ double
▪ cut , decrease , reduce
▪ control , limit , restrict
▪ calculate , count , determine , estimate , measure , record
▪
Anna counted the ~ of men standing around outside.
NUMBER + VERB
▪ go up , grow , increase , jump , rise
▪ double
▪ decline , diminish , drop , dwindle , fall , fall off
▪
Shark ~s have dwindled as a result of hunting.
▪
Customer ~s have fallen off in the last year.
▪ vary
PREPOSITION
▪ in ~
▪
The paintings, twelve in ~, are over 200 years old.
▪ ~ of
▪
the ~ of children who wear glasses
PHRASES
▪ a decline in ~s , a drop in ~s
▪
The decline in ~s of young people means that fewer teachers will be needed.
▪ a growth in ~s , an increase in ~s
▪ few in ~ , limited in ~ , small in ~
▪
Wild dogs are now few in ~.
▪ put the ~ (of sth) at sth
▪
Conference organizers put the ~ of attendees at around 500.
3 for identifying sb/sth
ADJECTIVE
▪ model , serial
▪ account , credit-card , membership , passport , PIN , reservation , social-security
▪ ID , identification , identity
▪ license ( AmE ), license plate ( AmE ), registration ( BrE ) (= of a car)
▪ flight
▪ page
▪ apartment ( esp. AmE ), flat ( BrE ), house , room
VERB + NUMBER
▪ assign sth , give sth
PREPOSITION
▪ at ~
▪
We live at ~ 21.
4 telephone, etc.
ADJECTIVE
▪ fax , phone , telephone
▪ home , office , work
▪ wrong
▪
I keep getting the wrong ~.
▪ Freephone ( BrE ), toll-free ( AmE )
▪ daytime , evening
▪ emergency
▪ contact
VERB + NUMBER
▪ call , dial , phone ( esp. BrE ), ring ( BrE )
▪ get
▪ give sb
NUMBER + VERB
▪ be busy ( AmE ), be engaged ( BrE )
▪ be unobtainable ( BrE )
PHRASES
▪ exchange ~s
▪
They exchanged ~s and agreed to go out for a drink one evening.
▪ sb's name and ~
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ clearly
▪ consecutively , sequentially
▪ individually
PREPOSITION
▪ according to , by
▪
Each key is clearly ~ed by room.
▪ from , to
▪
Number the car's features from 1 to 10 according to importance.
Number is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ workforce